docs: def _parse_contents(self, contents_file_path):
          '''
          Parse the contents .json file and return the dictionary
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          contents_file_path: str
              Path to file containing .json file to parse.
  
          Returns
          -------
          contents_dict: dict
              parsed .json file
          '''
          logging.debug("Parsing %s" % (contents_file_path))
          contents_dict = json.load(open(contents_file_path))
          return contents_dict